Alcalá View 1993 9.10

Department of the Month Office of Telecommunications

Benefit Briefs (Continued from page two) 10. The IRS could impose a 10 percent penalty if you withdraw your investments before the age of: a) 59-1 /2 ; b) 62 ; c) 70-1 /2. ·e (o~ '. p (6 '.:::> (8 '. q (L :e (g :q (s :e (p '. :::> (£ '. e (G '. q ( :SJ9MSU\f - Vicki Coscia USO Job Opportunities You can read about USO job opportunities in the following loca- tions: career services, Copley Library, human resources, Law School administration, Pardee Legal Research Center, physical plant, Sports Center, University Center and the bulletin boards located near rooms F114, 0329, CH337. In addition , job information is listed on USD's 24-hour Job Line at ext. 4626, (off-campus 260-4626) . For more information, call Patrick Noma at ext. 8761. Training Tracks Call now to reserve a place at the July 20 lunchtime workshop "Dealing with Anxiety." Watch your mail for the flier describing the Aug. 24 work- shop, "Conflict Resolution." Human resources, in conjunction with the College Work Study (CWS) program, will be offering training on general office procedures to work- study students assigned to office set- tings. A questionnaire will be mailed to CWS supervisors to determine the topics that will be covered. Remember to check the human resources bulletin board for current activities and programs. Also call me at ext. 2621 with ideas for programs. - Calista Frank SEA Strands If you have services or goods to donate for door prizes at the July 30 Staff Employee Recognition Picnic, please contact Stephanie Gabriel at ext. 4819... Our May hot dog sale raised $45.50 for the SEA general fund . The tally isn't in yet from the June 30 sale, but thanks to all the hungry employees who made these events successful... Here is a list of the SEA commit- tees and their chairs. Any staff employee is welcome to join a com- (Continued on page four)

The telecommimications staff includes : (front row, left to right) Ph yliss Whitehorse, Tina Wing, June Aleman , Eileen Van Tas sell, Lann)' Bragg; (back row, left to right) Patrick Boyce, Tom Grant, Doug Burke, Gary Dobson, Sabas Balles teros. (Not /Jicturecl: Lisa Kerner.) 1. Where is your department located? T elecommun ications/print shop building behind Mahe r Hall. 2. What is the function of your depart- ment? Our primary funct ion is to furnish the

first student dorm telephones. By the fa ll of 1984, we had a comp lete te lephone system to serve the who le campus. We he lped to in itiate th e dua l-purpose I.O. ca rd for food service and security, along with many o ther installations of alarm systems. T he continu- ous expansion of the broadband system to the present-day computer loca l area net- wo rks allows for interfacing with academic computing and data process ing. Our ongo- ing process of upgrading office telephone equipment from key stations is 90 percent complete. In January 1988, the te lecom- mun icat ions department was transferred from phys ica l plant to form a new depart- ment with data process ing called informa- tion systems. At present, we have fiv e emp loyees in the technica l porti on , three in the business office and three opera tors. T his fa ll is our 10th an n iversary for se rv ice to the stud en t dorms and USO commun ity. 5. What is one thing you would like the campus community to know about your department and its functions? To be aware that there is more to the telephone than just be ing able to pick up the instrument and ca ll someone. We have a comp lex and sophist icated communica- tions network for all of our voice, data and video needs. T hese systems are on the same leve l with the best currently in use in the outside world.

students, facu lty and staff with voice, data and video serv ices. We ma inta in and insta ll most of the equipment necessary to enable communications both on and off the cam- pus. For examp le , the student dorm phones, conve rsant telephone reg istration, data computer networks, Audix vo ice ma il , closed c ircu it and cable TV. We also com- plete moves, changes and renova tions, issue stud ent PAC numbers, hand le telephone bi ll ing, vo ice ma il and opera tor services. 3 . What is the biggest challenge your department faces? Keeping our many se rvices up-to-d ate to mee t the ever-chang ing "state of the art" and meet ing the needs and increasing demands of the students and USO commu- nity. 4. How has your department changed over the last 10 years? The department was created in Feb ruary 1983. We had th ree operators and one techn ic ian and the eq ui pment was obsolete. By the spring of 1984, we had installed a new AT&T telephone swi tch , a data broad- band system and started the upgrade fo r the campus alarm systems. We a lso installed our